Singlehanded from San Francisco to Hawaii

[bigskyguy12000]

I love your youtube, website and FB posts. I also love your honesty and fully understand why the human spirit longs for such hardships.

Keep up the search my friend. My ship soon sets sail as well.

Cheers,

Curtis

[bigoceansvoyage]

@bigskyguy12000 Thanks Curtis. Be well and transcend the hardships! See that? Hard-ships. Fair winds & following seas. SAIL ON!

[roybofmn]

I think the only way to answer some of the questions here is to simply single hand a 26ft sail boat from San Francisco to Hawaii. Great job and thanks for posting this. Very honest.

[bigoceansvoyage]

@roybofmn My pleasure.

[Thomasfelix83]

Do you smoke out while at sea? Why dont you fish for food? If I was you I would have multi poles in the water 24/7 and a fish finder. You are filming fish at the top of the water. How much food did you take on a trip like this? Did you have a fridge? And how did you get your boat across the US from new york?

[bigoceansvoyage]

@Thomasfelix83 I smoked sometimes. Borkum riff cherry cavendish rolled up in paper! I don't like fishing. And I took a lot of food. Maybe three large shopping trolley's full. No fridge. SUV & trailer.

[vakareliugidas]

I wonder do you have any sailing license like RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore? Also how about insurance?

[bigoceansvoyage]

@vakareliugidas No sailing qualifications, no insurance. Sail on.

[MrZeus169]

kind of land locked now....its fucking boring....just got a new cat....fuck got to get back to my boat....its in mexico and I am in colorado....fucking hate land

[bigoceansvoyage]

@MrZeus169 I hear ya... No point hating where you are though - Colorado is nice... I went there once. Save up some cash, and then back onto the boat! A cat? Kind of hard to sail with, but a nice companion! I hope it's black! Good luck sailor.

[vjself]

What Electronics are you using for Navigation?

[bigoceansvoyage]

@vjself A Asus Pocket PC & standard GPS

[dboboc]

Why is it you never seem to be enjoying the trip?  What's the point if you're miserable all the time? I didn't get to see ALL your videos. Maybe there's ONE where you're smiling....

[bigoceansvoyage]

@dboboc I've already answered this question before, but I'll answer it again slightly differently: Do you see athletes running up hills with grins? Rarely. Is it fun climbing Everest? Unlikely. Is it smiles and giggles thousands of miles away from anyone, alone in a leaky boat? Not really. These things are done for other reasons. For memories, for achievement, for the pain. As an aside, I wasn't miserable all the time - When I was miserable I turned the camera on to vent.

[tomperanteau]

@bigoceansvoyage The wife and I have owned 3 sailboats now and have done a lot of sailing. We never considered it anything other than a joy. We have close friends that have done the transpac numerous times, and they repeat the journey because they love it. I don't hear of many people repeating a mountain climb because there is the pain there, but sailing across an ocean to new lands? That should be mostly pleasure. That is why there are thousands of people of all ages that have taken to it.

[TheSteelersbeast]

hey i love all of your videos, i was wondering if you've ever traveled on the intracoastal in florida. reason i'm asking is i live on the intracoastal in north florida. if you ever come through let me know :)

[jaysaddiction]

what is the weather charting software and setup that you are using? ...i am searching for an effective and low cost option.

[suctionplease]

Nick...glad you made it. What an amazing voyage. I am sad that the Constellation will be sold. Good luck with whatevers next. Enjoy Australia.

[bigoceansvoyage]

Thanks... I'm a bit sad too... But I guess that's life...

[chrismatic82]

Hey thanks for the vid.

I get really excited just watching this video and hope I'll be able to make the same trip before I die.

Good luck for the rest of the trip!!

[Liqgen]

How come you never uploaded new york pt 4? Did you get any hassle when entering the US?

[bigoceansvoyage]

I did upload it, but Youtube banned it because of a song I was using ... I'm sorry - Check out my Vimeo feed though for the full video.

[brmanion]

Nick, Thanks for sharing these amazing voyages!

What camera did you use in the first trips and what was used in this voyage?

Thanks again, and best wishes.  Sail-On!!!!

[bigoceansvoyage]

Thanks! My camera was a HD Sony harddrive video camera...

[Liqgen]

Awsome adventure.

How about giving the boat a good tidying? :)

Software used is MaxSea

[bigoceansvoyage]

:) It's always a mess at sea!

[suctionplease]

Yes....can you tell us what program that is....it looks pretty cool.

Still watching and waiting for the rest of your voyage. Good luck, enjoy Hawaii.

Dan in Winnipeg Canada

[Cedemont]

Great video and better adventure. Congratulations from Spain!!!!!!

[SeanOBriain]

Another great video!

[welderman27]

what program are you useing on you're computer to help you sail??